Two Rivers: Beginnings

Auction X Busy X Despair

YORK SHIN CITY

A week had passed since he and Gon arrived at the agreed city. They had to be there earlier to get ready, and they did not fail to... well, look around. It was a very amazing place with its density and modernity. She kind of missed her home already, though, especially with the goodbye they had with her aunt. Provincial life really had its own charms.

Still, it turned out it was good they went there so early. The 800 million they earned from the tower, in an attempt to earn 10 billion for the game, dropped to 20 million or so. Seriously... what was Gon's father thinking when he made that insanely expensive game!? He could have at least increased the supply, so the price would be a little more affordable.

But obviously, where would the challenge in that be?

And so, there they were... with barely a few million left in stock. First they were scammed, leaving them with less than a quarter of what they used to. Next, they split it in half and had a bet. The bet was about whoever earns the least amount of profit would follow an order from the winner.

Killua was soon broke since he gambled it, and Gon- having minimal talent in actual entrepreneurship, only earned tens of thousands.

But then as Killua observed Gon, he realized that slowly (but surely) she was getting to know her father through these tasks. He could even say she was getting to understand him better and better every single hour- to the point that she was having so much fun. Not that she wasn't always having fun with anything, of course.

They went through a lot of things in an attempt to actually get that game without having to buy it, but they all proved to be for naught. Killua had little doubt that his brother, Milluki, would fail in cracking the data. Considering how famous and 'legendary' the game was, even his computer-genius brother would probably have nothing on it.

They stopped by a cell phone shop. He had lost the bet, but she had yet to give him the absolute order. She had been out of it since that morning but Killua couldn't bring himself to ask about it, so he decided to ask about something else.

"Finally going to buy a phone?"

"Hai." She nodded. "Kurapika should be able to contact us anytime."

"Kurapika?" What... about Leorio?

"He said he's busy with work." She said and stared at the clerk. "He said he'll contact us when he finds the time, so..."

"I see..." he turned to the clerk too, and the man flinched. The man cleared his throat and introduced the latest model his shop could offer. Gon was enticed and was about to buy it, when someone so graciously interrupted them.

"This is the one you want." Leorio grinned proudly, and the two kids beamed at the sound of the familiar voice. "Golden Beatle." The newcomer said and introduced how awesome it was and the best model to date despite being a little more expensive, heavy, and... not the latest.

"Let me handle this." He said proudly and went to the clerk. And bargained.

And so after a long session of shameless bargaining (which earned them quite a bit of audience), he ended up getting a 70% discount.

Seventy Percent

Killua stared at the raven-head with incredulity while Gon's eyes twinkled with amazement. "Sugoi, Leorio!" she exclaimed, after giving him a high-five.

Leorio smirked. "Thanks. I'm always awesome, though."

"Che." Killua muttered from the side. "But that wouldn't help much with the auction..."